Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and with two direction arrows on the reverse of the folded canvas. 110 x 110 cm. . [AW].
• Girke is a master of monochrome painting: While his oeuvre around 1960 was still dominated by the non-colors black and white, he achieved a maximum nuance of white in the late 1960s.
• Girke's rhythmic structure and nuance create a fascinating illusion of movement and three-dimensionality.
• The protagonist in “Monochrom” is the non-color white in all its shades and degrees of expression.
• The unusual format intensifies the tacit presence and the contemplative effect.
• The absence of any motif and the consistent development of painting as a visual experience determine the radical nature of Girke's artistic creation.